New Delhi: Voting in Alapur constituency of Ambedkar Nagar has begun on Thursday as the same was postponed after Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Chandrashekhar Kanaujia died of heart attack.


The voting for this reserved constituency had been postponed after SP candidate Chandrashekhar Kanaujia died of heart attack while campaigning in Ambedkar Nagar on February 12. The polling in the constituency was to be held on February 15 in the second phase of the seven-phased state Assembly elections.

According to the law, if a candidate of a recognised party dies, the poll is countermanded and the party is given time to field a new candidate and the polling fixed for another date.

(With inputs from PTI)